Like Online Dating Sites, The Web Matches Voters, Presidential Candidates

Courant Staff Writer ^ | October 24, 2007 | By JESSE LEAVENWORTH

[Calpernia]

Elections websites general ping

[Paperdoll]

How sad that such a method is thought to be necessary!

[Calpernia]

It is kinda like wikipedia.

When people have no idea where to start looking, sites like this help them begin.

[AuntB]

This survey also has Hunter on top. When issues and votes are considered, Hunter comes out ahead.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/select_a_candidate/poll.php?race_id=13

[lone star annie]

That is why he won the TEXAS straw poll by such a large margin. When you look at the issues most important to conservative voters, Hunter is 100% on all of them.

GO HUNTER!!!

[Calpernia]

On some of those surveys, I get Hunter, on some I get Tancredo. I do always find it interesting to see where all the other candidates fall. Often the most MSM promoted are way down with the dems. :)

[Kevmo]

B4DH

This was closer than I figured it would be, apparently I need to read up on the mortgage crisis and education. I’m pretty sure I agree with Hunter on both of those but I didn’t pick his viewpoints out of the crowd.

[Kevmo]

You know, it just occurred to me, that with Hunter getting so few questions tossed at him during these debates, maybe part of his response could be to send viewers to one of these sites so they can see for themselves that they agree with him. Bypass the process, speak directly to the voters.

[Paperdoll]

> http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/select_a_candidate/poll.php?race_id=13 <

And Hunter is my man! Thompson, if he remains true to what he claims he now believes, which widely varies from what he voted for in the Senate. Do not be fooled!

[pissant]

Hey, hey!

[goldstategop]

Tom Tancredo, then Duncan Hunter closely matched my views.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[avacado]

This is what selectsmart.com selcted for me:

1) Tom Tancredo
2) Duncan Hunter
3) John McCain
4) Alan Keyes
5) Jim Gilmore
6) Mitt Romney
7) Ron Paul
8) Sam Brownback
9) Fred Thompson
10) Rudolph Giuliani

[Calpernia]

I’ve gotten results like that too. It is always a toss up as to whether Tancredo or Hunter is first, the placement for the rest are pretty consistent with yours.

[Calpernia]

Me too.

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[Calpernia]

I think his being endorsed by the Log Cabin’s twice are really going to hurt his chances.

[torchthemummy]

Clicking on “border fence,” for example, brings up the National Public Radio website and a 2006 Q&A about security along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Geez...I wonder how NPR portrays the issue? Not!

[Calpernia]

If he did that during a debate, I can easily see a site being recommended getting a domain hijack or something. Anyone Net savvy already knows about these sites. Someone not Net savvy would be easily to have the traffic compromised.

[WFTR]

I hadn't done the SelectSmart quiz yet. On that one, I had Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, Mitt Romney, and Jim Gilmore. Fred Thompson was pretty far down the list. On the vajoe.com and Minnesota sites, I tend to get Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo at the top, but Fred Thompson is sometimes at the same level.

Overall, my favorites at the beginning were Jim Gilmore and Duncan Hunter. Of the "top tier" candidates, I like Mitt Romney the most. I voted for Alan Keyes twice, but he shouldn't be running again. He has nothing to offer in this field.

Bill